Assessing uncertainty in urban simulations using Bayesian melding

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 652-669

  Ševčíková, Hana ^a   Raftery, Adrian E ^a   Waddell, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian melding; Stochastic models; Uncertainty analysis; Urban simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BAYESIAN MELDING; TRAFFIC ACTIVITY ZONE; URBAN SIMULATION;

URBAN PLANNING;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; STOCHASTICITY; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 33947136278     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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